📍 104 So. 17th St., Fort Dodge, Webster County, 50501
Early Childhood Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Dodge, Webster County. The school has 385 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jeri Ayala-thompson. It is part of the Fort Dodge Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–K in a small-town setting. The school employs 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Early Childhood Center enrolls 385 students across grades Pre-K–K. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 252 | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 54 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 47 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 25 | 6.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
229 of the school's 385 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 198 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Early Childhood Center is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-40, state senate district 5, state house district 9.
Early Childhood Center is one of 7 schools in Fort Dodge Comm School District, based in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The district serves 3,508 students district-wide and employs 235 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 385 students, Early Childhood Center is smaller than the district average of about 501 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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